Discussion Questions for Hedda Gabler Why is Hedda so cruel to other females in the play? Does she treat women differently from men? * I think Hedda is so cruel to other females because she wishes she was them. She wishes she had the life and the relationships they have with other men. She wants the attention that she believes that other women get. Hedda is so similar to Regina George‚ a character in the movie Mean Girls. Regina George loved all the attention and love from everyone but it
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Browning’s dramatic monologue‚ “My Last Duchess‚” presents an account of men’s absolute power over women in the patriarchal society of the European Renaissance. Through the use of symbolism‚ creative structure and characterization‚ the author reveals the general helplessness of woman. Browing’s vision of 16th century’s Italy depicts the reality that women are little more than objects under the control of men. Symbolism is largely used in this poem to serve as a means for expressing the theme. The most
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In 594 B.C.E. an Athenian Statesman named Solon enabled political reform which affected the roles of men‚ women‚ and slaves in Athens. He divided the population into four political groups based on wealth. Men from the three wealthiest groups were allowed to hold political office. The higher offices‚ however‚ were reserved for the two wealthiest of the groups. The office of Archon was one such position. Although the fourth group‚ known as “thetes‚” could not participate in politics‚ they were
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Can men and women be just friends without any sexual tension between them? I don’t believe so. I believe‚ both from personal experience and from several scholarly sources‚ that there is always‚ at some point‚ a sexual attraction between two people of the opposite sex who have a friendly‚ pleasant relationship. There are too many natural human instincts that drive us to be sexually attracted to a person for male-female friends to not ever experience physical attraction towards each other. From my
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Dwayne wade is a 33-year-old NBA basketball star. He only ever played on the Miami Heats team. During the years he had played a lot of things continued to change throughout his career.. After the years he has been on the team‚ he finally has the role of being a transformative leader. After I rough season from losing LeBron James and Chris Bosh changed is pace of play‚ his leadership became indispensable. One of his interviews he stated‚ “It’s in a different way than I’ve done with other teams.
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Nicholas Kristof is a columnist for the well known newspaper The New York Times. His main focus for his column is Human rights‚ women’s rights‚ health‚ and global affairs. He has written his column for the NY Times since 2001. Kristof grew up in Oregon and graduated from Harvard University. He went on to study law at Oxford. He is fluent in more than 3 languages and was a foreign correspondent for the NY Times for many years. He won two pulitzer prizes and received many humanitarian awards. One
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of state and and had the right to terminate her pregnancy in a safe medical environment. The issue in question was whether or not women have the legal right to an abortion. Roe argued that‚ since it was her own reproductive system‚ she should have the right to make her own choices and‚ if need be‚ have the right to a medically safe abortion. On the other hand‚ Wade‚ the Texas District Attorney‚ argued that it was the duty of the government to preserve the rights of its citizens‚ including those
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I am a woman yet I am not convinced that women deserve equal pay in sports. Don’t get me wrong‚ women are great athletes. But it’s a proven fact that women’s sports don’t bring in as much revenue as their counterparts. People are just less interested in watching the WNBA compared to the NBA. Can you blame them? I‚ for one‚ would much rather pay to watch the Celtics vs. the Knicks over the Storm vs. the Sparks. But what do you guys think? Should women finally be paid the same amount or not? Is this
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enhancesed drama. Unrealistic yet necessary lighting allowsed environment changes to seem more realistic in the single stage for many settings. Also‚ lighting aidesed expression of emotion. 3. The conflict structure of the two main characters‚ Nicholas and Ralph Nickleby‚ builds as the play progresses. The audience is often informed of their ambitions throughout the play‚ not by their directly speaking their intentions‚ but is made known bythrough their individual traits. The Major main antagonist
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Globalization & Technology We all know that technology is all around us in our everyday lives‚ when we are at school‚ work‚ or just at home technology is present. But have we ever realized how big of a role technology plays on a global scale. Nicholas Carr shows us just how much technology is used on a global scale in his book the Shallows. To begin with‚ Social media is one of the biggest players in global communication. If someone posts a video on youtube that lives in Clarkston is can be viewed
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